Top 20 Catchers for 2018 Fantasy Baseball
? After going over the top 10 for 2018 fantasy baseball and the top 20 for 2018 fantasy baseball (clickbait!), it's now time to turn our lonely eyes to you, Mr. Robinson Chirinos. To paraphrase The...
View ArticleFantasy Baseball Podcast: Top 20 Catchers for 2018 Fantasy Baseball
What could be more exciting than an entire Fantasy Baseball Podcast dedicated to the catching position? Who doesn't want to own more catchers? Okay, okay, so I'm laying it on thick, but thick is the...
View ArticleUnder the Greydar: A Catcher That Doesn’t Catch
Ranking catchers is dumb. There are four or so that matter and then the rest are practically the same. Seriously, there are only four catchers from last year that met the minimum plate appearances to...
View ArticleTop 100 Hitters, Week 3: Showtime Ohtani!
Boy, this Ohtani is all anybody’s ever talking about. I’m so sick and tired of hearing about how brilliant that Ohtani is. I was so tempted to put Shohei Ohtani on this list. So tempted! Unfortunately...
View ArticleMorton’s In Houston Requires No Reservations
Charlie Morton aka Ground Chuck was playing "Hamburger Patty Cake" with the Mariners yesterday -- 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 hits, 0 walks, 8 Ks, ERA at 0.72, WHIP at 0.88. Ground Chuck said, "I'm A-1, try to...
View ArticleJeter Blew Up the Marlins But Needed Sean To Newcomb
Hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day! Or, as it's known in my house, Bill Hall Day. *it's 2074, Grey Albright's frozen head is on a shelf next to Ted Williams' frozen head* "Hey, Ted Williams,...
View ArticleCall Him Nock Povotto Cuz He Owned The O’s
Now, on most occasions, if one were to toot his own horn, he'd never leave the house. And, coincidentally, I don't go out that much. However, seriously, rain down your props on me for Nick Pivetta....
View ArticleDraft: Mining for Cole
Have no fear of black-lung, no lonesome Cowboy Junkies song mentioning silicosis. Instead you can grill without care for carcinogens and feast on the red meat of victory with Gerrit Cole. Mr. Cole is...
View ArticleFolty(Is Good I)newicz
I went into the Mike Foltynewicz vs. Red Sox in Fenway matchup a spry, jovial young rascal. The mischievous imp of Chinese food, the rapscallion. Then Mike Faultywirewitz went 7 IP, 1 ER, 6...
View ArticleMy Finger Is Thor
Times like this you wish Noah Syndergaard wasn't complaining of a ligament strain and just had a bad lisp. "Oh no! My finger is Thor, and it needs a Syndergaard." More like Noah Fingergaard! Noah...
View ArticleThis Jake Bauers Looks Like A Kiefer
Finally, the Rays took a cue from Fox, and started Jake Bauers' clock. Here's an updated 24: FBI agent, breathlessly, into a phone, "The President is in danger!" Assistant to the FBI director...
View ArticleJ. Pederson Cataloging Some Uncommonly Good Performances
Did you hear about this Joc working overtime? He was too uptight! Take it, Highlights, it it yours! One guy whose completely uptight in the forbidden Fruit of the Looms is Joc Pederson. Yesterday,...
View ArticleFanDuel: Picks for June 8th
Happy FanDuel Friday everyone. We have a full 15-game slate and mostly good weather tonight. New to FanDuel? Scared of feeling like a small fish in a big pond? Well be sure to read our content and...
View ArticleDraft: Jump For Sevy
There's a common refrain heard all across New York these days. Come on, you know it well....All Rise. Now that's reserved for a certain gargantuan pinstriped outfielder, but today Yankees fans will be...
View ArticleNats Wave Magic Juan Twice in New York, Keeping Us On A Need Soto Basis
"Lower the koozie a little bit. No, a little bit more. Okay, now spray some mist on the outside of the can to make it look like it's sweating. Now rub your finger from the D in Dr. to the R in...
View ArticleJohnny Lasagna Saucy In Debut
All gravy as us Italians-Americans say. New York Yankees rookie flamethrower slash phenom slash spot starter Jonathan Loaisiga made his major league debut Friday night pitching five strong shutout...
View ArticleTop 100 Hitters, Week 12: Get Muncy-ed In The Middle Of Nowhere
Slight format change going forward with this column -- I’m going to be leaving short term DL candidates near where they were ranked previously. It was become too hard to remember who and when players...
View ArticlePoints Leagues: Have Your Markakis And Eat It Too
I would like to take this opportunity (highjack the opening paragraph of this post) to rant about Bryce Harper's current All-Star vote total. At the moment, a phrase I've chosen instead of "currently",...
View ArticleTop 100 Hitters, Week 13: Aguilar Walking on Water
Not a lot of us saw this major league breakout coming from Jesus Aguilar. We were all expecting an awkward OF & 1B battle in Milwaukee between Eric Thames and Ryan Braun. Then here comes Jesus...
View ArticleIf Ya Wanna Be With The Rockies, It Don’t Matter If Jon’s Black And White
This weekend, I was kneeling in a garden, tending to my Monkey Face Orchid, when I heard some commotion outside my greenhouse. It was my much, much older wife, Cougs, screaming, "Grey! They've come...
View ArticleTop 100 Hitters, Week 15: Superstar Shake-Up!
Last week there was an unfortunate hiatus from the Top 100 Hitters column as I was deep in the woods of Central New Jersey for my annual camping trip. Does Central Jersey exist? I was there -- so I...
View ArticleTop 100 Hitters, Week 16: Queer Eye for the Baseball Guy
This lede is for Eric Hosmer’s (1B, #94) eyes only. Everyone else can scroll down to the rankings and comment on how Scooter Gennett deserves to be #1 overall. Is it just Eric and I now? Okay good....
View ArticleTop 100 Hitters, Week 16.5: Now and Then
I started writing this week’s top 100 hitters article the same way I do every week: on the balcony of my penthouse apartment inside One57 skyscraper on West 57th street overlooking Central Park....
View ArticleFanDuel: C&C Music Factory
Happy Friday everybody! We have a massive 15 games slate on FanDuel, which includes the works. Coors, multiple aces, and huge implied team totals, so let's see if we can fit it all in! Let us begin...
View ArticleMoose to Milwaukee to Mash at Miller
Say cheese! Mike Moustakas was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder and top prospect Brett Phillips along with right handed pitcher Jorge Lopez in a move that tells the baseball world that...
View ArticleTop 100 Hitters, Week 17: Monstars Have Stolen Hitters’ Power in July
When I left Jose Martinez off my Top 100 Hitter rankings earlier in the season people were calling for Grey to take my head. Well maybe this is why I was hesitant: Martinez hasn’t homered since June...
View ArticleTop 100 Hitters, Week 18: Holy Carp!
Matt Carpenter (up 36 spots): In his first 186 ABs: 23 runs, 7 HR, 21 RBI, .215 AVG. In his next 183 ABs: 47 runs, 19 HRs, 36 RBI, .339 AVG. End paragraph. There's a few guys every week who I'm...
View ArticleNimmo Captains Offensive Attack Against Baltimore
Yesterday, the Mets exploded for 16 runs. Leading the way was Todd Frazier going 3-for-6, 2 runs, 4 RBIs with a slam (12) and legs (7). Actually, Frazier, Jose Bautista (1-for-3, 1 RBI), Jose Reyes...
View ArticleOhtani Boy, The Pipes, The Pipes Are Calling Dr. Andrews
Everyone is so sad at the Shohei Ohtani news that he needs Tommy John surgery. People being sad at this has me gobsmacked. He had elbow problems when he signed with the Angels, then a Grade 1 sprain...
View ArticleTop 20 Catchers, 2018 Fantasy Baseball, Recap
It feels like just the other day the baseball regular season started. You wrote "I heart baseball" in permanent marker on your arm, then you met a girl who wrote "I heart guys who heart baseball" on...
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